Knight to Georgia?

ESPN's Bob Knight has reportedly shown interest in the coaching vacancy at Georgia.

Former head coach Dennis Felton was fired last Thursday, and assistant coach Pete Herrmann was named the interim coach for the remainder of the season.

However, Georgia officials cannot vouch for the validity of the reports surrounding Knight becoming the new coach of the team. According to them, no one has said whether or not the school has interest in Knight.

This story sounds a lot like a report I heard last year, when reports were swirling that Western Kentucky was interested in hiring Knight after former head coach Darrin Horn took a job at South Carolina.

Personally, I think this is a perfect fit for Knight. Knight has even mentioned that he would be "interested if the right situation came along." He would take over a struggling program that saw success last season, surprisingly winning the SEC Conference tournament. Before joining ESPN, Knight took over at Texas Tech in 2001. This Texas Tech program was also struggling, and had not been to the NCAA tournament since 1996. He ultimately rebuilt that program, leading them to the NCAA tournament four times in his six full seasons as head coach there, including a run to the Sweet 16 in 2005.

Also, Knight is winningest coach in men's basketball history! This is almost a no-brainer for me. Georgia has been struggling for years, despite their cinderalla run last season in the conference tournament. What they need is someone like Knight that can turn this program around.

I had a chance to watch this Georgia team play this season when they came to Western Kentucky. Their starting shooting guard, Terrance Woodbury, is one of finest shooters in the SEC, and being in a major power conference, Knight would have the luxury of being able to recruit some of the better players in the country.

However, University of Georgia president Michael Adams is a close friend on NCAA president Myles Brand, the man who fired Knight at Indiana.

But Knight's astonishing graduation rate, 902 career wins as a coach, three national championships, and 45 tournament wins eliminate all doubt and in my mind, and put him as a top candidate for the job.